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Originally posted by xu
ok thanks, Im sure if that guy in the pic had a panic attack before he showed that there is no bomb under his clothes he would be dead by now for sure.
Another passenger on the train, Anthony Larkin, told BBC News the man had been wearing a "bomb belt with wires coming out".
Originally posted by soulforge
If this guy was innocent, then he is the 'Darwin Award' winner of the Century.
Originally posted by CX
I joined the british army in 1988 and for the entire duration of my service the rules of engagement stated that if someone was about to cause a threat to life, ie plant or explode an IED you were within your rights to kill them.
[edit on 22-7-2005 by CX]
Originally posted by infinite
well, the police have made a real good mess of this...
we have conflicting reports, eyewitnesses stating different things
*sighs*
Originally posted by Valhall
Originally posted by CX
I joined the british army in 1988 and for the entire duration of my service the rules of engagement stated that if someone was about to cause a threat to life, ie plant or explode an IED you were within your rights to kill them.
[edit on 22-7-2005 by CX]
Thanks for this post - you just made me understand what part of this felt really really icky. This was an instance of military rules of engagement in a British civil environment.
Now - before some one gets all miffed about that statement, that's not a jab. That's a point of observation. This instance is an instance of martial law. The only reason we haven't had to see this sad state of affairs here in the U.S. yet is because they haven't started these random suicide bombings. The minute they do - we'll get our own version of the the 21st Century's OK Corral.
We need to invent a Versaid gun - pop a Versaid bullet in the back of their heads where they can't get two more steps before they're in lala land - then we can ask them all the questions we need to when they come out of the coma.
Passengers using the New York subway are to be subject to random searches in a new security measure designed to reduce the threat of terrorist attacks.